Kinect 2.0: an affordable tool for a biomechanical upper-limb evaluation on neurological patients

The use of passive marker-based systems for motion analysis of neurological patients is common practice in the clinical field [1]. Alt-hough very precise, these systems have high cost and are complex to use. The Kinect sensor allow to obtain kinematic data tracking of the joints and perform biomechanical analysis using the same evaluation protocols applied to marker-based systems [2]. Kinect makes use of a different tracking technology and has a lower sampling frequency. Results of the analysis might be affected by these characteristics. With the purpose of extending analysis and assistance to the rehabil-itation to the domestic environment, we present the results of a bio-mechanical analysis obtained comparing the Kinect One and a com-mercial motion analysis system, tested on three patients.